Google reviews

You need to overwork yourself sometimes.

After 25 years of the company only hiring and never having to rapidly reduce its workforce, the lay offs over the last year have certainly shifted baseline trust around job security. The company is navigating uncertainty of the economy and the evolution of the technological landscape as gracefully as it can, and on the positive note, employees have a way to ask leadership difficult questions about ongoing challenges in a public setting across multiple forums. This promotes a culture of openness and establishes some psychological safety. Further, while the pay is really good for the industry, Google is beginning to take a more cautious and deliberate approach to raises and promotions.